PHPRunner: Generate PHP code to modify any MySQL database
on Nov 15, 2009 in linux howto tips PHPRunner creates set of PHP pages to access and modify any local or remote MySQL database. Using generated PHP pages users can search, sort, edit, delete, and add data into database. Advanced security options allow to build password-protected member...

KDE performance tips
on Nov 11, 2009 in linux howto tips KDE is constantly being optimized, and every new KDE version is generally perceived as being more efficient than older versions. However, many aspects of KDE performance depend on the underlying system or configuration, which KDE usually cannot affec...

SmoothWall Express 2.0, the firewall for home users
on Nov 10, 2009 in linux howto tips SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Linux is the ideal choice for security systems; it is well proven, secure, highly configurable and freely available as open source code. SmoothWall in...

Detecting hardware from outside the box
on Nov 10, 2009 in linux howto tips You're looking at new systems, or installing Linux on a box that used to run a different OS, and you're wondering if all the components -- video, modem, Ethernet, sound -- will work on Linux. The vendors can't, or won't, tell you if their products wi...

Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
on Nov 9, 2009 in linux howto tips AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a free replacement for Tripwire. It does the same things as the semi-free Tripwire and more. There are other free replacements available so why build a new one? All the other replacements do not achi...

Linux Live CD Router
on Nov 4, 2009 in linux howto tips Linux Live CD Router is a Linux Live CD allowing to share Internet connection with several computers. Bootable iso is smaller than 100 Mb which allows to burn it on a mini CD. Like all live CD, this Linux system doesn’t require any installation as...

The Xen virtual machine monitor
on Nov 3, 2009 in linux howto tips Modern computers are sufficiently powerful to use virtualization to present the illusion of many smaller virtual machines (VMs), each running a separate operating system instance. Successful partitioning of a machine to support the concurrent executi...

SoftMaker Office for Linux
on Nov 1, 2009 in linux howto tips Your office suite is the most important application on your PC for document creation, both on your job and for personal tasks. Choose the right office suite, and you will become more productive immediately. Choose SoftMaker Office 2004, and you will...

Running Linux on an iPAQ
on Oct 27, 2009 in linux howto tips Installing Linux on your iPAQ can be a great way to breathe new life into aging hardware or make an existing tool even better, particularly if you are a fan of Linux on the desktop. You can leverage your existing knowledge and enjoy the benefits of f...

Complete Linux PBX
on Oct 27, 2009 in linux howto tips Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment u...